English
hominoid
Hominoid comes from Proto-Italic *hemō ‘man’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō
- Englishearliest quotation 2018hominoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰmṓ‘human’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hemō‘man’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhemō
- Englishearliest quotation 2018hominoid
Earliest quotation: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years: “Hominoids differ from monkeys in several ways, the most…”
Formed from -oid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ ‘human’
goon, inhumane, humanely, inhumanity, 11 more
through Proto-Italic *hemō ‘man’
humanity, humane, inhuman, homophobia, humanoid, hombre, 9 more
through Latin hemō
Today it means
noun Any anthropoid (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ / hominoid